Singapore lends submersible detection vehicle


JAKARTA: With the site of the wreckage of Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 positively identified, the search is set to move underwater. Singapore has sent an autonomous underwater vehicle to help search for the ill-fated plane.

The vehicle was delivered by a C-130 Hercules heavy transport aircraft under the command of Maj Teng Tek Hong and arrived at Iskandar Air Force Base in Pangkalan Bun, central Kalimantan.

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